Goodness gracious, I hope you've heard of the Beatles. If you haven't, then I'm not really sure what has you clicking on this article. They were only one of the biggest, if not the biggest, bands of all time. Almost every big song has been released by them. I actually found out recently that "Here Comes The Sun" was originally a Beatles classic. But this isn't about how grandiose their discography is. No, no, no, this is a story about one of the Beatles making a scene. One that happens more frequently than you'd think.
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The Build-Up
At this point, I've kept you in the dark long enough. The Beatle in question was none other than John Lennon, and the whole scene took place in Germany right before one of the concerts. In an article released by Daily Mail UK, Paul McCartney recalled how rowdy John Lennon could get.
The story goes that the Beatles would take a drug called Preludin to perform well into the early hours. These concerts in Hamburg would often be performed in front of drunken sailors, prostitutes and gangsters. I know, a pretty steep contrast to what I know that Beatles for. But hey, I guess when they say everyone loves the Beatles they mean everyone.
Another important bit of information is that John would allegedly take three or four Preludins to every other performer's one. Also important to keep in mind is that Preludin was specifically a stimulant drug. And boy di it work. John was said to get incredibly rowdy during these cohttps://www.wideopencountry.com/the-graphic-reason-tyler-childers-had-to-cancel-a-concert-and-he-had-no-shame-sharingncerts, allegedly reminding the Germans gathered how they lost World War Two. Which, at the time, intense move. The war hadn't been that long ago.
The Moment
Well, now that you've got the background information, I can get to the meat and potatoes of this story. I guess there was one concert in which John Lennon could not be found. The Beatles were meant to be out onstage, and one of their members was just gone.
So, a man by the name of Horst Fascher was sent to find him. Horst was the bouncer of the club and not a man to be messed with. I'm talking a former boxer who had previously served time behind bars for manslaughter after killing a man in a street fight. Yeah, beast.
Anyway, this terrifying man was apparently friends with the Beatles, and so they asked him to find John, and find him he did. John was with a woman in the bathroom. When Horst found him, he splashed cold water on the two and got John to run out onstage. Turns in the wildness of the evening, John had forgotten to put on pants. Or remove the toilet seat that found its way to his head. Luckily, the crowd loved it, and it's now made for a wild story.
